ABSTRACT

Backgrounds: The more time spent on using the smart phones and internet causes the least time for doing any kind of physical activity.

Aim: To examine the relationship and the impact of excessive smart phone and internet use on physical activity.

Methods: The 400 students of our university in the year 2018 by the means Smartphone addiction scale (SAS), Yang Internet Addiction Test (YIAT) and The International Physical Activity Questionnaire-Short Form (IPAQ-SF) by sequential sampling technique. Eventually the relation of smart phone addiction and internet addiction to physical activity was evaluated.

Results: According to our study the internet addiction rate was more prominent among the females. The prevalence of the smart phones addiction was 49% and was more prominent in men than women. 43.3% were at risk of internet addiction and 1% was addicted. Half of the participants with internet addiction and 70.9% of them with smart phone addiction had low physical activity.

Conclusion: The physical level activity was considerably low in the addicted people to internet and smart phones